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AIR MOISTBNING APPARATUS. No. 420,818. Patented Jant 28, 1890.

WITNESSES: 3 1 lllll/E/VTOR N4 PETERS. Phammhcgrwber. Washington. D. C.

- UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES N. SWIFT, OF NEXV YORK, N.

AIR-MOISTENING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,318, dated January 28, 1890.

Application filed April 13, 1889. Serial No. 307,109. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES N. SWIFT, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air- Moistening Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for cigarcabinets and other closed structures, rooms, &c.,in which a certain degree of moisture is to be supplied to the air in the same; and the inventionconsists of a cabinet or other inclosed space provided with a water-trough, a spring-roller to which is secured a sheet or piece of suitable absorbent textile material, and means for operating the spring-roller so as to pass the absorbent material through the water of the trough and raise the absorbent material and bring a large surface of the same in contact with the air in the cabinet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a cabinet provided with my improved air-moistening device. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical transverse sections of Fig. 1, showing different constructions of the moistening device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cigar cabinet or other inclosed space in which cigars or other articles that are required to be kept at a certain degree of moisture are stored. In the cabinet or other space A is arranged at the lower part of the same a sheet-metal trough B, which is filled with water. Through the trough B is passeda sheet 0 of absorbent fabric, which sheet is applied at one end to a spring-roller D of the wellknown construction as used for windowshades, on which springn'oller D the sheet C may be wound or unwound therefrom, as desired. The spring rolle'r D may be supported in suitable bearings above the trough or in the trough, as desired, and as shown, respectively, in Figs. 2 and 3, When the springroller is supported above the trough, the sheet 0 has to be guided over a roller cl, located in the trough, which construction is preferable, as the spring-roller does not re= trough B and is soaked with water.

the goods in the same.

quire to be water-tight, as is necessary when the spring 'oller is submerged in the water of the trough, as shown in Fig. 3.

To the upper end of the sheet 0 is applied a cord E, which is guided over pulleys at the top of the cabinet or other space A, and is provided at the front end with a suitable ring by means of which the cord can be pulled or released to operate the sheet 0 and spring-roller D. By properly actuating or releasing the spring-roller, the sheet 0 is caused to be wound upon the roller, during which motion the entire sheet passes through the By then raising or unwinding the sheet 0 by pulling the cord E in opposite direction and then holding the sheet in the raised or unwound position by securing the cord E in a suitable manner, preferably by means of a so-called wedge or clamping-roller e, a large portion of tlie sheetis exposed to the air, and the moisture is evaporated from the same and the air in the cabinet is kept moist, as required for The sheet is moistened at certain intervals of time by operating the spring-roller and winding up and unwinding the sheet, which is accomplished with great facility by the operating-cord E. In this manner a very simple moistening device for cabinets or other spaces is supplied, which is specially adapted to cigar manufacturers and. dealers and all others who store goods which require a certain degree of moist between the space for the articles and the space for the absorbent sheet to prevent the 'boxesN being pushed back so far as to come in contact with the wet sheet.

I do not claim in this application anything which is contained in a pending application for air-moistening apparatus filed by me Feb ruary 28, 1889, Serial No. 301,556.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent The combination, with a cabinet or other storage compartment, of a water-trough in the same, a spring-roller, a sheet of absorbent material applied to said spring-roller and In testimony that I claim the foregoing as passed throngh the trough, a cord guided my invention 1 have signed my name in presover suitable pulleys for releasing or nnwindence of two subscribing witnesses.

ing said absorbent sheet, and a screen extend- CHAS. N. SWIFT. ing across the casing between the space for Witnesses: the articles and the space for the absorbent CARL KARP,

sheet, substantially-as set forth. 4 MARTIN PETRY. 

